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Commercial Construction Industry Trends: Reflecting on the Highs and Lows of 2018

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A strong pipeline of senior living construction was a “high” of 2018. So before we officially ring in 2019, here is our rundown of Englewood Construction’s commercial construction trends “highs” and “lows” from 2018: High: A Sizable Senior Living Pipeline. An overall rise in construction material costs.

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FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database

Job Order Contracting

Construction Cost Database … both FREE! Manage buildings, teams, projects, documents, drawings, estimates… anywhere, anytime. The post FM & Cost Estimating Tools in the Cloud & Free – 2018 National Commercial Construction Cost Database appeared first on 4BT. to BIM files.

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Dissecting code language updates to lightning protection systems

Construction Specifier

In 2018 (latest data available), insurance companies paid nearly $1 billion in lightning-related claims to some 78,000 policy holders, according to the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI). LPI estimates $1.7 It is no wonder lightning poses such a threat to property with potentially significant damages.

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Understanding and Addressing Construction Industry Pain Points

Viewpoint Construction Technology

An architect using digital tablet to check plans for construction on site. In March 2018 alone, The Australian Bureau of Statistics Building Activity Report , stated that was a consistent uplift in the trend values of works completed on buildings, residential buildings, non-residential units, and dwellings with 0.6%, 0.4%, 0.9%, and 0.2%

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New Green Building Tax Credit is a Progressive Effort

Green Building Law Update

At a time when the building industry is principally concerned with the impact of COVID-19 and the luster is off green building, the Montgomery County Council last Tuesday unanimously approved legislation “to accelerate the construction of highly energy efficient buildings and green retrofitting of existing buildings.”. million in credits.

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3 Keys to a Better Bidding Process

Construction Business Owner

The construction industry is rapidly transforming. According to a survey by 1 Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and FMI Corporation, 58% of construction professionals expect to see more technology-driven change within the next 5 years than there has been in the last 50 years. construction bidding software.

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OLD FASHIONED KNOW HOW + TECHNOLOGY= SUCCESS

Chianelli Estimating

September 11, 2018 BY CHIANELLI. Is the technology of construction estimating the only road to take in the Future? It seems as though more and more programs to estimate all facets of a construction. So, will technology be the ‘end all and be all” for construction estimating? are being created.